Mr. C. WILSONasked the Minister of Labour in which areas unemployed per-
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Persons on the Registers of Sheffield and Attercliffe Employment Exchanges. Date. Total Numbers on Registers. Men. Boys. Women. Girls. Total. 31st January, 1922 … — — — — 46,686 22nd January, 1923 … Figures not available 34,130 28th January, 1924 … — — — — 28,668 26th January, 1925 … 19,620 576 3,982 723 24,901 25th January, 1926 … 20,674 512 2,684 865 24,735 24th January, 1927 … 21,684 663 3,099 1,244 26,690 23rd January, 1928 … 19,675 673 2,441 1,166 23,955 21st January, 1929 … 21,661 726 3,654 1,426 27,467 Number of Uninsured Persons on Registers. 31st January, 1922 … — — — — — 22nd January, 1923 … Figures not available. 28th January, 1924 … — — — — 1,037 26th January, 1925 … — — — — 1,227 25th January, 1926 … 333 365 116 665 1,479 24th January, 1927 … 417 421 214 960 2,012 23rd January, 1928 … 454 456 186 936 2,032 21st January, 1929 … 535 438 395 1,105 2,473 sons at Clowne, Dronfield, and Whitwell appear in the Labour Gazette and in the local unemployment index?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDThe local offices of the Ministry of Labour nearest to Clowne and Whitwell are situated at Staveley and Worksop, respectively. Both these offices appear in the local unemployment index, but are not separately distinguished in the Ministry of Labour Gazette. There is a local office at Dronfield and persons registered there are included in the total figures for the County of Derbyshire shown in the local unemployment index. The figures for Dronfield are not separately distinguished either in the index in the Labour Gazette.